Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224941 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Citation: 
[Journal:] Internet Policy Review [ISSN:] 2197-6775 [Volume:] 9 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2020 [Pages:] 1-26
Publisher: 
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin
Abstract: 
This contribution discusses the growing importance of cyber attacks directed at the public sphere and the crucial role of non-state actors in cyber attacks from a perspective of just war theory. Going back to Grotius' and Vitoria's seminal teachings on international law, the article makes the case for distributed cyber deterrence involving private and public actors. Further, it justifies sanctions for cyber attacks that do not cause physical violence, for example the interference with elections or the hacking of companies. It considers the post-physicality of cyberspace, the attribution problem, private just war theory and national self-determination through deliberation.
Subjects: 
Cyber attacks
Cyber deterrence
Just war
Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act
Active cyber defense
Grotius
Vitoria
Tallinn Manual
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